Why do you like Housepets?

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 12:41 pm

The ensemble cast keeps things interesting.

Post by **Dissension** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 2:09 pm

Trolling Opportunities

mathgrant · Post by **mathgrant** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:47 pm

Because it's cute, and because its creator is one of the awesomest people ever, aside from his webcomicking abilities.

Also, what Diss said.

mariomarc · Post by **mariomarc** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:48 am

It's one of the cutest things I've ever read

SlientWolf · Post by **SlientWolf** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:57 am

I love everything about Housepets, the style, the characters , story its all so great.

dalonewolf25 · Post by **dalonewolf25** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:59 am

Because it is addicting...

Foxstar · Post by **Foxstar** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 1:08 pm

The furret pays well.

Post by **Dissension** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 1:29 pm

Yeah, but a man can only eat so many furret-snacks.

dalonewolf25 · Post by **dalonewolf25** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 1:49 pm

Dissension wrote:Yeah, but a man can only eat so many furret-snacks.

...eventually eating the furret itself...

Samson · Post by **Samson** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:38 am

I think it is a very interesting hypothetical of what would happen if animals could talk and walk and read and think and how they would be treated and how they would develop and interact with and in society.

disk333 · Post by **disk333** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:11 pm

Because the characters are cute and funny of course!

But uh... if you want to know the real reason its because the comic is the only thing that gets me in touch with my roots with the furry fandom, besides my drawings...

Agh! That's too saddening I need listen to some upbeat music now.

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:45 am

This may sound weird to y'all, but the reason I love Housepets! is because...it just feels like the comic has soul. That's the best way I can think of to describe it. There's a happy, positive, friendly FEEL to it all, like Pixar films. It's just good-natured fun that through excellent artwork and writing manages to transcend its medium to become something more.

Ya know what? I think I got it perfectly right earlier. Housepets! is the Pixar of webcomics.

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:49 am

naylorfan90 wrote:This may sound weird to y'all, but the reason I love Housepets! is because...it just feels like the comic has soul. That's the best way I can think of to describe it. There's a happy, positive, friendly FEEL to it all, like Pixar films. It's just good-natured fun that through excellent artwork and writing manages to transcend its medium to become something more.

Ya know what? I think I got it perfectly right earlier. Housepets! is the Pixar of webcomics.

I don't know how many of the most recent Pixar films you've seen if you think they're happy, positive and friendly

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 1:02 am

Teh Brawler wrote:
naylorfan90 wrote:This may sound weird to y'all, but the reason I love Housepets! is because...it just feels like the comic has soul. That's the best way I can think of to describe it. There's a happy, positive, friendly FEEL to it all, like Pixar films. It's just good-natured fun that through excellent artwork and writing manages to transcend its medium to become something more.

Ya know what? I think I got it perfectly right earlier. Housepets! is the Pixar of webcomics.
I don't know how many of the most recent Pixar films you've seen if you think they're happy, positive and friendly

Oh, I suppose I didn't word that quite as well as I could've, but you know what I mean. There's just a an undertone of optimism, of how yes, there is sadness and darkness, but there's good stuff too, and that's the stuff important to hold on to. *scratches head in embarrassment* Sorry, I'm an English Major, I can't help but sound overly philosophical at times.

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 1:36 am

naylorfan90 wrote:
Teh Brawler wrote:
naylorfan90 wrote:This may sound weird to y'all, but the reason I love Housepets! is because...it just feels like the comic has soul. That's the best way I can think of to describe it. There's a happy, positive, friendly FEEL to it all, like Pixar films. It's just good-natured fun that through excellent artwork and writing manages to transcend its medium to become something more.

Ya know what? I think I got it perfectly right earlier. Housepets! is the Pixar of webcomics.
I don't know how many of the most recent Pixar films you've seen if you think they're happy, positive and friendly
Oh, I suppose I didn't word that quite as well as I could've, but you know what I mean. There's just a an undertone of optimism, of how yes, there is sadness and darkness, but there's good stuff too, and that's the stuff important to hold on to. *scratches head in embarrassment* Sorry, I'm an English Major, I can't help but sound overly philosophical at times.

Oh, hush, it's not that big of a deal. I got what you meant.

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 4:23 pm

Hehe, thanks.

Post by **Dissension** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:39 pm

Discussion about Pixar movies is not discussion about why you like the comic.

I like Housepets! for pretty much the same reasons as everyone else.

Oh, and I guess it's also still trolling opportunities.

dalonewolf25 · Post by **dalonewolf25** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:37 pm

*gasp* Diss! Quick! Put your cool face on!

I still find Housepets! addicting, as it has this sort of funny, childish/adult humor that appeals to the adolescent age of transition in which the adolescent is bombarded with childish things and adult things at the same time, and since the selected peer group is not far from the selected demographic age of the comic, it appeals to them. And when you have an artist who's willing to explain to his viewers and able to participate and experiment with that age group and the community and his peers, it attracts more of these kind of intellectual people who actually understand the pop culture-ish jokes and messages behind what's given, whether intentional or not by the author.

Watch me make a paradox within a paradox.

Final_Silence · Post by **Final_Silence** » Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:51 am

Art style is some of the best I've seen, the story is very addicting, characters you can relate to, oh and it's hilarious!

yoyodude · Post by **yoyodude** » Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:25 pm

Teh Brawler wrote: I don't know how many of the most recent Pixar films you've seen if you think they're happy, positive and friendly

Toy Story 4: Apocalyplse

My friend and I tend to agree that I like Housepets becasue I "suffer from detatchment issues" after I stopped getting the newspaper at out house. Apparently I needed something to latch onto

Oh and it doesn't suck

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:29 pm

If it replaced the void in your heart left by newspaper comics, then I'd say that's an upgrade! (Good) webcomics like Housepets! are so much better.

shadowhaz · Post by **shadowhaz** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:24 pm

its better than garfield plus characters i can relate to like king
and cutey style and not to mention the well planed story arks

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:38 am

My love of Housepets! was only magnified by Sir Griffin's politeness, plus the awesomeness my fellow fans!

Nitrosparxx · Post by **Nitrosparxx** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:20 pm

Though the artwork is definately unique and very adorable, the biggest thing that gets to read Housepets! is the writting. There's just something that's just absolutley charming about the dialouge that makes it so pleaseant to read. The writting have a sort of fatherly warm touch to them, and it treats the readers as if they have a brain. Rick's fantastic sense of humor, along with his clever references also make the comic series more enjoyable.

Another thing is that this a webcomic that is absolutley clean! Any comic that deals with anthropomorphic life tend to have a dark, raunchy (and I do mean raunchy) material, and whilst I'll admit it's good for some variety, it give people the wrong impression on furries (or people like me who just think that anthropomorphic life is just more unique looking). Rick's comic here is just pure clean fun, and it's (almost) family fun attitude always puts me in a happy mood.

I hope one day, I'll be able to achive this kind of heartwarming atmosphere with my writting.

Post by **Sleet** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:33 pm

Nitrosparxx wrote:family fun attitude

Nitrosparxx · Post by **Nitrosparxx** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:43 pm

Well, I did say almost

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 4:41 pm

Sleet wrote:
Nitrosparxx wrote:family fun attitude

Well-played, sir.

Crazy-8 · Post by **Crazy-8** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 12:18 am

mostly for the sense of nostalgia I kind of get, most of the arcs and what not give a feel of sort of a child's life, but modernized a bit, it also reminds me of lots of comic strip comics I used to read as a kid

and the art is pretty cool

garbud · Post by **garbud** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 10:47 am

i like it becuse i can read it anywere and it is just plain asome

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 11:11 am

Nitrosparxx wrote:Though the artwork is definately unique and very adorable, the biggest thing that gets to read Housepets! is the writting. There's just something that's just absolutley charming about the dialouge that makes it so pleaseant to read. The writting have a sort of fatherly warm touch to them, and it treats the readers as if they have a brain. Rick's fantastic sense of humor, along with his clever references also make the comic series more enjoyable.

Another thing is that this a webcomic that is absolutley clean! Any comic that deals with anthropomorphic life tend to have a dark, raunchy (and I do mean raunchy) material, and whilst I'll admit it's good for some variety, it give people the wrong impression on furries (or people like me who just think that anthropomorphic life is just more unique looking). Rick's comic here is just pure clean fun, and it's (almost) family fun attitude always puts me in a happy mood.

I hope one day, I'll be able to achive this kind of heartwarming atmosphere with my writting.

Congratulations Nitro, you just said all I was trying to say, only about a thousand times better than I managed. XD

Nitrosparxx · Post by **Nitrosparxx** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 1:07 pm

naylorfan90 wrote:
Nitrosparxx wrote:Though the artwork is definately unique and very adorable, the biggest thing that gets to read Housepets! is the writting. There's just something that's just absolutley charming about the dialouge that makes it so pleaseant to read. The writting have a sort of fatherly warm touch to them, and it treats the readers as if they have a brain. Rick's fantastic sense of humor, along with his clever references also make the comic series more enjoyable.

Another thing is that this a webcomic that is absolutley clean! Any comic that deals with anthropomorphic life tend to have a dark, raunchy (and I do mean raunchy) material, and whilst I'll admit it's good for some variety, it give people the wrong impression on furries (or people like me who just think that anthropomorphic life is just more unique looking). Rick's comic here is just pure clean fun, and it's (almost) family fun attitude always puts me in a happy mood.

I hope one day, I'll be able to achive this kind of heartwarming atmosphere with my writting.
Congratulations Nitro, you just said all I was trying to say, only about a thousand times better than I managed. XD

Yeah I have a habbit of explaining why I like something like a reveiw. I guess I get that from watching countless episodes of Linkara's AT4W.

EmoPeanut · Post by **EmoPeanut** » Fri Dec 24, 2010 7:40 pm

For me, it is because of the idea. Not alot of people can do things like this. It is like a sitcom, but Rick makes it better with the characters and execution. I mean, the mini arcs feel like Garfield strips except a lot better. THe characters have great development, and you just can't hate them, since their so funny. I loathe Garfield now, thanks to his attitude to everything. He is unlikable. But Hosuepets keeps thing fresh and funny. I could see these comics on a newspaper every morning. Heck, That is what Rick should do. But instead of getting payed for making them(IDK if does.) He shows us his work and it great.

YOu usually don't find these types of gems on the internet. Most of them are completely controlled by Companies. The Ironic thing is that not a lot of people know about it. Maybe that is a good thing. Companies can't take it over, and when Rick passes on in a far,far,far,far,far, far future, only the fans will try to restart it. So So I like housepets for its writing, it execution, the idea, and the fact that it will can not, will not, be corrupted by media. It stands alone from all the other comics. It is free and one of my favorite comics because of that. It is different than anything I have seen and I thank it for it

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Fri Dec 24, 2010 10:05 pm

EmoPeanut wrote:For me, it is because of the idea. Not alot of people can do things like this. It is like a sitcom, but Rick makes it better with the characters and execution. I mean, the mini arcs feel like Garfield strips except a lot better. THe characters have great development, and you just can't hate them, since their so funny. I loathe Garfield now, thanks to his attitude to everything. He is unlikable. But Hosuepets keeps thing fresh and funny. I could see these comics on a newspaper every morning. Heck, That is what Rick should do. But instead of getting payed for making them(IDK if does.) He shows us his work and it great.

YOu usually don't find these types of gems on the internet. Most of them are completely controlled by Companies. The Ironic thing is that not a lot of people know about it. Maybe that is a good thing. Companies can't take it over, and when Rick passes on in a far,far,far,far,far, far future, only the fans will try to restart it. So So I like housepets for its writing, it execution, the idea, and the fact that it will can not, will not, be corrupted by media. It stands alone from all the other comics. It is free and one of my favorite comics because of that. It is different than anything I have seen and I thank it for it

You'd actually be surprised how many cartoonists are freelance. They may be shown in newspapers, but they aren't owned by them.

Post by **Sleet** » Fri Dec 24, 2010 11:11 pm

If any of the webcomics I read would work in a newspaper, it'd be Housepets!

Unfortunately, it's still not for the best. It doesn't have too many self-contained jokes, which is a concern when you want your comic to appeal to as many people as possible. It's still pretty niche, even if it is extremely approachable as far as webcomics go.

KizerZin · Post by **KizerZin** » Sat Dec 25, 2010 2:48 pm

I love the bittersweet moments, it’s all so happy and loving but sadness and despair are never out of the question

the only way I can love Housepets more is if Grape was a Nazi.

Post by **Sleet** » Sat Dec 25, 2010 5:15 pm

She killed a Commie, what more do you want?

KizerZin · Post by **KizerZin** » Sat Dec 25, 2010 6:01 pm

that is were I got the idea!

Foxstar · Post by **Foxstar** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:31 pm

It's fuzzy and funny animal without being overly furry.

Z-Zman · Post by **Z-Zman** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:30 pm

I like it because *chchhhchchchchhhchchchchhchchch* and *chchchchchcchhc*, sorry, I went through a tunnel...

theblackcateyes · Post by **theblackcateyes** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:55 am

Why i like it? I like Housepets for... no reason, i like it because i like it, it can't be that simple?